World champs to hold camps
Advertiser Staff
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos, who have more team victories than any other duo in beach volleyball, will be holding instructional camps on O'ahu.
The two, two-day camps will be Feb. 24-27, and will provide basic skills instruction for sand and grass surfaces. All ages and skill levels are welcome.
"Our goal in creating Beach Volleyball Camps was to provide a way for Randy and I to share our vast experience in the sport with the next generation," said Smith, 45, a five-time World Champion and United States Olympian.
Camps will be Feb. 24-25 at Queen's Surf Beach in Waikiki and Feb. 26-27 at Kapi'olani Park near the bandstand.
Camp times are from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Cost is $50 per day.
Local pro beach competitor and Hawai'i native, Lia Young, will be featured guest clinician. Smith and Stoklos will supervise each camp session, along with camp program director Mike Kantor, a former University of Hawai'i volleyball player.
Smith and Stoklos are beach volleyball's career victories leaders with 115. They were recently honored in Buenos Aires for their success in the 1980s and '90s.
Registration information is found at www.beachvolleyballcamps.com or by calling 808-268-9670.
Maui masters swim March 2
The Valley Isle Masters Swimmers annual benefit, Swim for Your Heart, is March 2 at Wailea Beach beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The event, which will benefit the American Heart Association, is open to swimmers of all ages.
There will be awards for the top three finishers in the male and female age divisions.
The age divisions are: 10-and-under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19-24, 25-29 and in five-year increments up to age 70-plus.
The course is one mile.
Entry forms are available at county pools, and the fee is $15 if entries are postmarked by Monday, or $20 thereafter.
Entries can be mailed to Valley Isle Masters Swimmers, P.O. Box 424, Pu'unene, HI 96784. Make checks payable to Valley Isle Masters Swimmers.
The entry fee includes breakfast.
For more information, contact Janet Renner at (808) 573-8656 or visit www.mastersswimmaui.org.
